sumen

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sūmen, inis, n. [contr. from sugimen, sugmen, from sugo], a breast, of women (syn.: uber, mamma).

I Lit.

A In gen.: manus lactanti in sumine sidat, Lucil. ap. Non. 458, 7.—

B In partic., a sow’s udder , the paps of a sow (esteemed a delicacy by the Romans): pernam, abdomen, sumen, suis glandium, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 44; id. Ps. 1, 2, 33; id. Capt. 4, 3, 4; Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 211; Mart. 13, 44, 1.—*

2 Meton., a sow , a hog , Juv. 12, 73. —

II Transf., the fat part , the richest portion : (Caesar Vopiscus) campos Roseae Italiae dixit esse sumen, Varr R. R. 1, 7, 10; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 32.

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